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Consumer Reports - 9/28/2017 - On average, 37 U.S. children die each year after being left in overheated cars. It takes just minutes for a car to reach dangerous temperatures. Trapped children have died from heatstroke even when the outside temperature was as low as 60° F. To prevent these tragedies, Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Al Franken (D-Minn.) introduced the HOT CARS Act in the U.S. Senate. The bill would require cars to come equipped with technology that alerts drivers if a child is left in the backseat after the ignition is turned off. Though the technology is currently available, it's not yet widely offered. A House committee has recently approved a bipartisan bill that would make this type of safety system mandatory. Read more @ https://www.yahoo.com/news/building-bet ... 06024.html